8 results for tag: Gowns Blog

Where the Red Carpet Meets the Runway

It’s Called Night of a Thousand GOWNS. Night of a Thousand Gowns is a charity ball.  It’s a coronation ceremony.  It’s a chance to honor members of our community. But it’s also a fashion show.   There have been years when “a thousand gowns” has been less of a title than an actual description as dresses and gowns of every shape and size fly up and down in the pneumatic tube elevators at the Marriott Marquis for the world to see and enjoy.  (Sidebar:  There are actually YouTube videos of the elevators.  Here's one!) Some of New York’s top designers have shown up in stunning displays of artistry.  There’s ...

Get Them On Their Knees!

How do you get your boss on your knees in front of you?

I’ll Glitter and Gleam So…

New York’s true Empress, Brooke Astor once said, "If I go up to Harlem or down to Sixth Street, and I'm not dressed up or I'm not wearing my jewelry, then people feel I'm talking down to them. People expect to see Mrs. Astor, not some dowdy old lady, and I don't intend to disappoint." New York’s Imperial Court feels the same way, Mrs. Astor and we don’t ever disappoint.

It Takes A Village

Ladies in Waiting and Aides de Camp serve another purpose: they're your conscience. Monarchs can too easily live in a bubble and forget that they're just playing a game and that their 'ladies' are actually their friends...

Food, Glorious Food!

Did you know there are seventeen different ways to prepare beef short ribs? We do. *urp* How many sides? How many soups? How many variations of a Caprese Salad do we need to sample? You have no idea the struggle it is to come up with the best array of food options...

A Crown Filled With Jewels

At Night of a Thousand Gowns (March 11, 2017 dearies!), you’ll be in awe and amazed when the curtains part and we present our Out of Town Guests. It’s a fashion show to rival them all, to be sure, but who are these Emperors and Empresses? Don’t we already have one of each? Aren’t they standing at the end of the runway giving out reign pins?

You’ll Always Remember Your First Time

I’d heard of it from friends in New Jersey, who all looked toward the lights of Manhattan and Night of a Thousand Gowns as the pinnacle of drag success, and here I was at 24 years old taking it all in and more -- I was THERE. I was a member of the Imperial Court of New York and I was walking the runway...

Your Invitation to the Ball!

It's been described as Regal, Legendary, Outrageous, Epic and Dazzling and it's not the private life of Britain's Royal Family -- it's Night of a Thousand Gowns! For thirty years, the volunteer members of the Imperial Court of New York have been wearing the biggest jewelry, the highest hair and more couture per square inch than an army of Parisian models, and all to raise money for charity! This year is no different as the ICNY turns its spotlight on one of the jewels in the crown of New York's LGBT community: the Transgender Legal Defense and Education Fund. Celebrities, performers, drag fashionistas, camp icons and big hearts full of philant...